Hinge



(No Model.)

B. G. McGLELLAN.

HINGE.

Patented Aug. 1 3, 1895.

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'1 mum-mm Inventor Attorneys.

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ROLANDO GUY MCOLELLAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, ASSIGNOR TO A. J. HARE AND R.B. MOCLELLAN, OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'Patent No. 544,413, dated August13, 1895.

Appli i n fi d January 139 Serial No. 535,417. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROLANDO GUY MoCLEL- LAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State 5 ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Portable, Interchangeable,and Transversible Hinge for Window-Sashes, of which the following is aSpecification.

This invention relates to builders hardware, and more especially to thatclass known as hinges; and the object of the same is to produce a hingewhich may be readily applied to the sashes of Windows, so as to allowthem to swing inward for the purpose of cleaning, &c.

To this end my invention consists in the construction hereinafter morefully described and claimed, and as illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein Figure 1 represents a view in elevation of part of awindow frame and sash, showing the disconnected parts of my hingeapplied to the proper places. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of onecorner of the sash with a complete hinge attached ready for operation.Fig. 3 is a section on line mm of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan View of oneportion of the hinge. Fig. 5 is a side view of the same. Fig. 6 is aside view of the portion of the hinge which carries the pintle. Fig. 7is a plan view of the same. 0 Fig. 8 is an elevation of one of theplates which are fastened to the frame and sash, and by means of whichthe hinges are locked in position.

Referring to the drawings, A is the window- 5 frame, and B and G are theupper and lower sashes, which are hung and slid in the usual manner. Ata short distance above the sill and in the edge of the frame is a hole,and a little higher and yet below the midrail of the 0 sashes is anotherhole. There is also another series of holes in the window-frame in linewith those just mentioned, and these are located within the frontpulley-stile. The window-sashes B and O are also provided with holes intheir front faces located near the top and bottom of each sash, butwhich do not extend entirely through the frame. These holes are in sucha position as to be in line with the holes in the frame A when thewindow stands Vided with a vertical hole having an ofiset or groove I.In the side of this member H is a longitudinal groove h, which iscontinued beyond the shoulder H into the head of the member, as at h,and opens through one side thereof; and within this groove is a spring Hwhich extends the entire length of the groove, but is only secured atits inner end. The body normally springs out of the groove and is bentinto such shape as to produce the shoulder H, the outer end being againbent around to form a handle 71. terminating at a pointjust beyond theshoulder H and projecting normally out of the groove h in the head.

I is the other member of the hinge formed in the same manner as themember H, except that it has secured in the vertical hole in its frontend a pintle or pin G, said pin having near its lower end alaterally-projecting lug G. This lug is so located that when the twomembers H and, I are held at right angles to each other the lug G willpass down through the groove I in the member 1-1.

When it is desired to swing the lower sashes inward it is first raisedand the shank H of the member H is inserted in one of the holes in thewindow-frame and pushed inward until the shoulder H strikes the plate F.When 7 it is first inserted the spring is shoved within the groove inthe side of the member H until the shoulder H of the spring clears theedge of the plate F, when it will immediately spring behind the same,thus holding the edges of. the plate F between the shoulder of thespring and that of the member H. The member I is then inserted in thewindow-sash and is held therein in the same manner. The sash is againlowered and the lugs G of the pintles G pass through the grooves I. Thewindow is thus held so as to clear the window-sill, and after the beadhas been removed from the opposite side of the window-frame the sash,can be swung inward, the lug serving to prevent the displacement orseparation of the members of the hinge. When this has been done theupper sash may be lowered, the hinges acting in the same manner, andafter the parting-bead has been removed this sash may also be swunginward. It is obvious that the sash-cords must be removed, which can beeasily done, as they may be fastened temporarily to the window-frame,and that the beads are screwed in position so that they may be easilyremoved. \Vhen it is desired to again close the window, the sash-cord isfirst fastened to the upper sash, the latter closed, and theparting-bead replaced, and the sash then raised to disengage the twomembers of the hinge. lhese members are removed by compressing thespring by its handle far enough to disengage its shoulder H from behindthe plate F. The lower sash is also replaced in the same manner, and allthat is left on the frame and sashes are the metallic plates F, whichwill not obstruct the operation of the sashes nor allow the admission ofcold air, as the holes do not extend entirely through the frames.

I do not limit myself to the size and materials used, nor to the exactconstruction of my hinge, as many changes may be made Without departingfrom the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desired to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a window having holes in its frame and sash and plates having smallerholes secured over the first-mentioned holes, the herein describedseparable hinge consisting of two members, each having a shank adaptedto enter the hole in a plate, said shank being providedwithalongitudinal groove, and a spring secured at its inner end withinthe groove, having a shoulder near its other end standing normally outof the groove, and continued beyond this shoulder into a handle alsostanding normally out of the groove, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand.

ROLANDO GUY MCCLELLAN.

In presence of FRED I-I. MONSON, THos. H. TENNENT.

